Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sat May 28 18:05:48 CDT 2011
Google could have done that but then there would be an implied responsiblity to support the API and then it is much more difficult to just bail when they wanted and just did. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 11:04 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Google madness So - who wants to buy it from Google and charge for the service? The charges would probably be small, and it could be profitable. If it's this popular, then I bet someone will. Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 12:27 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Google madness Google is shutting down its Translation API: http://code.google.com/apis/language/translate/overview.html The announcement has sent a huge flurry of anger amount the world wide development community. Millions of web applications have learned to depend on this translator which has made many sites world wide in their scope and capability. As of next November it will be no more. Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com